CLIMB ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does climb on mean? 

• CLIMB ON (verb)
  The verb CLIMB ON has 1 sense:

1. get up on the back of

  Familiarity information: CLIMB ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLIMB ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get up on the back of

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bestride; climb on; get on; hop on; jump on; mount; mount up

Context example:

mount a horse

Hypernyms (to "climb on" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "climb on"):

remount (mount again)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Thus the coastguard on duty on the eastern side of the harbour, who at once ran down to the little pier, was the first to climb on board.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

By the courtesy of the chief boatman, I was, as your correspondent, permitted to climb on deck, and was one of a small group who saw the dead seaman whilst actually lashed to the wheel.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)